The autumn foliage front is now at the north part of Japan, and keeps going southward. It is almost time to enjoy beautiful red and orange colors of mountains. One of the best ways to enjoy colored mountain is ropeway.

Today, I want to share the chart of “Top 10 Ropeways to Enjoy Tinted Autumnal Mountains” made by specialists of mountains and travel. The chart includes the best time to see colored foliages, and the altitude difference of the top and the bottom points of the ropeway.

 

 

 

#1: Chuo Alps Komagatake Ropeway in [W:Nagano Prefecture]

The Best Season: the latter ten days of September to the first to days of November

Time Takes*: 7 and half minutes

Altitude Difference: 950m

Round-Trip Fare: 2,200 yen (US$26)

 

#2: Shinhotaka Ropeway (PDF file) in [W:Gifu Prefecture]

The Best Season: the latter ten days of September to the latter ten days of October

Time Takes*: 11 minutes

Altitude Difference: 1039m

Round-Trip Fare: 2,800 yen (US$33)

 

#3: Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Kurodake Ropeway in [W:Hokkaido]

The Best Season: the middle ten days to the end of September

Time Takes*: 7 minutes

Altitude Difference: 630m

Round-Trip Fare: 1,850 yen (US$22)

 

#4: Kankakei Ropeway in [W:Kagawa Prefecture]

The Best Season: the middle ten days to the end of November

Time Takes*: 5 minutes

Altitude Difference: 317m

Round-Trip Fare: 1,250 yen (US$15)

 

#5: Hakone Ropeway in [W:Kanagawa Prefecture]

The Best Season: the first twenty days of November

Time Takes*: 24 minutes

Altitude Difference: 304m

Round-Trip Fare: 2,340 yen (US$28)

 

#6: Hakkoda Ropeway in [W:Aomori Prefecture]

The Best Season: the latter ten days of September to the latter ten days of October

Time Takes*: 10 minutes

Altitude Difference: 650m

Round-Trip Fare: 1,800 yen (US$21)

 

#7: Gozaisho Ropeway in [W:Mie Prefecture]

The Best Season: the latter ten days of October to the latter ten days of November

Time Takes*: 12 minutes

Altitude Difference: 800m

Round-Trip Fare: 2,100 yen (US$25)

 

#8: Tachiyama Ropeway in [W:Toyama Prefecture]

The Best Season: the first twenty days of October

Time Takes*: 7 minutes

Altitude Difference: 488m

Round-Trip Fare: 1,890 yen (US$22)

 

#9: Zao Ropeway in [W:Yamagata Prefecture]

The Best Season: the latter ten days of September to the latter ten days of October

Time Takes*: 14 minutes

Altitude Difference: 806m

Round-Trip Fare: 2,500 yen (US$30)

 

#10: Tanigawatake Ropeway in [W:Gunma Prefecture]

The Best Season: the middle ten days to the end of October

Time Takes*: 10 minutes

Altitude Difference: 573m

Round-Trip Fare: 2,000 yen (US$24)

 

* The time takes for one way.

You can link to the official website (English) by clicking come of the ropeways’ names.

Popular ropeways get really crowded on weekends during the best season.

 

 

 

These ropeways are operated during other seasons, so if you have chance to visit the mountains, you can enjoy different scenery of the season from the ropeway!

 

Source: The NIKKEI Sep/18/2010

 

 

This is JAPAN Style!

 

You should follow me on Twitter.